One of my aims for 2025 was to put more effort into my memory keeping. It’s not been easy but this is the third month in a row that I’ve actually completed a scrapbook page. I do have to thank my daughter who’s been sending me lovely photos of the family. As soon as I saw these images of my twin granddaughters splashing in puddles an idea popped into my head. The Playing In The Rain Stamp Set and coordinating dies immediately came to mind and I love the result. For the background I found a ... VIEW POST
Playing In The Rain
Scrapbook & Smile
Those who’ve followed me for a while will know that I rarely create scrapbook pages. It’s not that I don’t want to, but rather that I find them incredibly challenging. However I just couldn’t help myself when I printed off some photos taken during a family holiday last October. Each one brings back wonderful memories although some are more powerful than others. This one of my youngest granddaughters is definitely a favourite. Then as I worked through the text I wanted to accompany it I ... VIEW POST
Well Said for #WWYS209
I read somewhere that today is International Scrapbooking Industry Day, not to be confused with National Scrapbook Day which this year is on May 4th. Still, it's a great day to announce Well Said as the featured stamp set for this week's What Will You Stamp? Challenge. As soon as I saw this set I knew I needed it for my stash. It's a red rubber stamp set containing 51 individual stamps with cling mount labels. There's individual words and a variety of phrases and longer sentiments. In ... VIEW POST
Beach wedding – life imitates art
Regular followers of my blog will know that recently we attended our daughter's beach wedding in Lanzarote. It's a beautiful volcanic island off the west coast of Morocco, and a place that's very dear to them. Since then I've been working on creating special pieces to commemorate the occasion, and today I wanted to show you this simple scrapbook page. THE STORY For me, creating a scrapbook page is all about the story. What do I want the 'reader' to get from this? This particular 12" ... VIEW POST
